The shake-up is set to bring the departure of manager Sam Allardyce, even though he will have 12 months left on the £6million-a-year contract he signed when replacing the sacked Ronald Koeman in November.

Agent Raiola represents some of the biggest names in football, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Image: AFP/Getty)

Director of football Steve Walsh will also leave.

Brands – regarded as one of Holland’s best talent-spotters – is currently sporting director at PSV, where he has been responsible for buying players such as Gini Wijnaldum, Dries Mertens and Kevin Strootman.

After a 17-year playing career, the Dutchman moved into the recruitment side of the game and helped Louis van Gaal build a squad at unfashionable AZ Alkmaar good enough to be crowed Eredivisie champions in 2009.

He has long been close to Raiola, whose stable includes Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Mario Balotelli and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Everton's huge spending this season may not even bring them a top-half finish (Image: Action Images via Reuters)

Although Moshiri’s first full season at the Goodison helm has not gone to plan, he wants the pair to realise his dream of taking Everton into the Champions League.

The 62-year-old billionaire backed Koeman with £200m in the transfer market last summer and is prepared to spend big again, even though Brands has a reputation for building teams on small budgets.